“There are areas we can improve but I think we came back at India very well to restrict them after the start they got.”

Earlier, opener Ajinkya Rahane hit 61 on his international debut and Rahul Dravid smashed three sixes in a row off spinner Patel to set India up for a sizeable total. Paceman Jade Dernbach took four for 22 for England.

World Cup 50-over winners India and Twenty20 world champions England now turn their attentions to a five-match one-day series starting in Durham on Saturday.